Global air travel remains heavily disrupted after a regional conflict forced the closure of several major Middle Eastern air hubs, including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi. Carriers worldwide have revised schedules, cancelling services or delaying planned launches for routes into and out of the affected region. Below is an airline-by-airline account of the latest operational changes, presented in alphabetical order.
Summary of airline service changes
- Aegean Airlines - Greece's largest carrier has cancelled flights to Riyadh and Amman through June 27, and to Tel Aviv and Beirut through June 26. Services to Erbil and Baghdad are suspended until July 2, while flights to Dubai have been cancelled through June 29.
- airBaltic - The Latvian carrier has cancelled its services to Tel Aviv until May 31. Flights to Dubai are suspended through October 24.
- Air Canada - The Canadian carrier has cancelled its flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai until September 7.
- Air Europa - The Spanish airline has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv until May 3.
- Air France-KLM - Air France has suspended services to Tel Aviv, Beirut, Dubai and Riyadh until May 3. KLM has suspended flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Dubai through May 17.
- Cathay Pacific - The Hong Kong airline has cancelled flights to Dubai and Riyadh until June 30. To respond to increased passenger demand to Europe, it will operate additional passenger flights to London, Paris and Zurich in April.
- Delta - The U.S. carrier has cancelled its New York-Tel Aviv services and postponed the restart of its Atlanta-Tel Aviv route until September 5. The planned Boston-Tel Aviv launch for late October has been delayed until further notice.
- El Al Israel Airlines - The Israeli carrier said customers scheduled to depart Israel through April 18 have had those flights cancelled, including affected return legs. From April 13 it will increase the number of destinations to about 30 and intends to expand that network gradually through the remainder of the month.
- Emirates - The UAE airline is operating a reduced flight schedule following a partial reopening of regional airspace.
- Etihad Airways - The Abu Dhabi-based carrier said it is operating a commercial schedule linking Abu Dhabi with around 80 destinations.
- Finnair - The Finnish carrier has cancelled its Doha flights until July 2 and continues to avoid the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel. Finnair will only restart its Dubai services in October.
- flynas - The Saudi budget carrier has suspended flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Doha, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Syria until April 15.
- IAG - IAG-owned British Airways will reduce services to parts of the Middle East when flights resume and will permanently drop Jeddah as a destination. BA plans to cut services to Dubai, Doha and Tel Aviv to one daily flight from July 1, and to reduce Riyadh from two daily flights to one from mid-May. These changes apply through the summer season ending October 24, with one Dubai service scheduled to restart on October 16. IAG's Spanish low-cost carrier Iberia Express has cancelled its Tel Aviv services through May 31.
- Japan Airlines - Japan Airlines has suspended scheduled Tokyo-Doha flights until May 10 and Doha-Tokyo flights until May 11. The airline also announced an extra Tokyo-London flight on April 25.
- LOT - The Polish carrier has suspended flights to Tel Aviv until May 31. It has also cancelled flights to Riyadh through June 30 and suspended Beirut services from March 31 to May 30. LOT plans to operate its winter Dubai route in October.
- Lufthansa Group - Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, ITA Airways and Edelweiss have suspended flights to Dubai and Tel Aviv until May 31, and to Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Dammam, Riyadh, Erbil, Muscat and Tehran until October 24. Lufthansa Cargo's suspensions are similar, except its Tel Aviv suspension ends earlier on April 30. Low-cost carrier Eurowings plans to suspend flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut and Erbil through April 30 and to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman through October 24.
- Malaysia Airlines - The Malaysian carrier has suspended its Doha services until June 14.
- Norwegian Air - The low-cost carrier has postponed the planned launches of its Tel Aviv and Beirut services to June 15.
- Pegasus - Turkey's Pegasus Airlines has cancelled flights to Iran, Iraq, Amman, Beirut, Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha, Dammam, Riyadh, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah until May 1.
- Royal Air Maroc - The Moroccan carrier says flights to Doha are cancelled until June 30 and services to Dubai are suspended until May 31.
- Qantas - Australia's flag carrier is adding capacity to European routes in response to higher demand. Qantas will increase Paris services to five return flights per week from three, and boost the Perth-Singapore service from daily to 10 flights per week. The updated schedule will be introduced progressively from mid-April and run through late July, and additional flights to Rome and Paris will be added.
- Qatar Airways - The carrier said it is gradually increasing flights from Doha to more than 120 destinations by mid-May.
- Singapore Airlines - The carrier extended the suspension of its Singapore-Dubai services until May 31, while adding services on the Singapore-London Gatwick and Singapore-Melbourne routes from late March through October 24 to address higher demand.
- SunExpress - The Turkish-German joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa has cancelled flights to Dubai until April 30.
- Wizz Air - The low-cost carrier suspended flights to Israel until April 25, and to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman from mainland European destinations until mid-September. All flights to Medina have been suspended indefinitely.
What this means for passengers and the market
The listed carriers have adjusted operations across a range of timeframes, from short-term suspensions in April to cancellations extending into October. Some airlines are adding alternative services on other long-haul routes to meet redirected demand, while others have postponed route launches or permanently removed certain destinations from their networks. Cargo operations have also been affected in some cases, with similar suspension windows noted for freighter services.
Operational notes
Many of the cancellations coincide with continued airspace avoidance over Iraq, Iran, Syria and Israel in some carriers' routing decisions. Several airlines specified exact restart dates or windows for suspended routes, while others characterised their schedules as reduced or gradually expanding based on evolving airspace access and demand.
Passenger guidance
Passengers impacted by cancellations should consult their carriers for rebooking and refund options. Several airlines noted plans to scale up networks gradually as conditions permit, although specific restart dates vary by carrier and route.
This report lists operational changes announced by the respective airlines and reflects the information provided by each carrier at the time of publication.